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How to Fail (Forward): A Framework for Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector

Posted on August 4, 2020

The Centre for Public Impact and The Aspen Institute Center for Urban Innovation just launched “How to Fail (Forward): A Framework for Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector.” The study provides an in-depth look at one of the most challenging areas of government: how to identify and learn from failures. In a sector where the...
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Webinar Recording: How to Build an Innovation Program that Engages Everyone

Posted on March 3, 2020

Missed our How to Build an Innovation Program Webinar from February 12, 2020? You can view the full recording of the webinar here and you can download the slide presentation here. Oak Park, Illinois – #ELGLMeagle Award Winner – will be hosting a Webinar about how to build an innovation program that engages everyone. You...
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ELGL & UrbanLeap announce the 2020 Innovation Cohort Participants 

Posted on February 19, 2020

ELGL’s Innovation Cohort programs provide cities with the opportunity to tap into the collective energy and intelligence of the ELGL network with the assistance of the UrbanLeap platform. Members form a virtual, across-the-country Innovation Cohort to learn about new solutions, test them and learn from the experiences, and then figure out how to put those...
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Big Innovators in Small Places

Posted on December 5, 2019

 This guest blog is reprinted with permission from ELGL member John Burgoyne. The unsung heroes of local government innovation When you hear the term ‘city innovation’ in government, what do you envision? Does a major skyline creep it’s way into your imagination, with tantalizing technologies and curious creatives dancing about? Do the New Yorks and...
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Innovation is Not a Thing. It is What We Do.

Posted on November 27, 2019

This guest blog is brought to you by Jamie Eustace, Director of Community Engagement at the Sterling Municipal Library in Baytown, Texas. Reading: Wild Game by Adienne Brodeur and The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan Listening to: Death, Sex, and Money podcast Watching: The Morning Show Recently, I was participating in a discussion about leadership in...
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Thinking Logically About Results

Posted on November 7, 2019

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: True Colors (feat. Maya Avedis) by XO Cupid (2018) What I’m Reading: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss  (2017) (Because Kendra Davis recommended it in her Oct. 29 Morning Buzz) What I’m Watching: Just finished...
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The Relativity of Innovation, Mind Over Matter

Posted on October 25, 2019

What I’m reading: Chuck Marohn’s new “Strong Towns-A bottom-up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity.” What I’m listening to: Go Cultivate’s latest podcast “Are we doing this right- Tiny Homes Edition.” What I’m watching: I haven’t watched TV in almost two years, but I am currently people-watching in Chattanooga, TN at the International Placemaking Week Conference...
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2020 Innovation Cohort Announcement!

Posted on October 4, 2019

Good news, folks! ELGL and UrbanLeap are starting another Innovation Cohort! This 2020 Cohort will be focused on Economic & Community Development and begins in January 2020. The year-long program is available to local governments in any state of any size! Last year’s Cohort was a massive success for many cities around the nation. With...
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Altoona: Perspectives on “Getting the Work Done”

Posted on October 2, 2019

The Innovation Cohort read Hana Schank's "Getting the Work Done: What Government Innovation Really Looks Like" as part of their cohort learning. Today's reflection post is by the the Public Library of Altoona, IA.  __________________________________________________________________________________ Think small. Failing is fine. Slow down. Listen more, react less. The answer isn’t technology. You have all the experts...

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